erstwhile

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl/    美 /ˈɝst.waɪl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Former, previous. India,literary,not-comparable
    — “Scarcely had Alice reached her twentieth birthday, than she gave her erstwhile fiancée^([sic]) his formal congé.[…]”
  2. Respected, honourable. not-comparable,proscribed
    — If you're for one of my erstwhile opponents, that's O.K. Just don't work too hard.
副词 adv.
  1. Formerly; in the past. formal,literary,not-comparable

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English erst
English while
English erstwhile
From erst (“first, formerly”) + while.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English erst
English while
English erstwhile
From erst (“first, formerly”) + while.
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